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we'll take a look here on "weekends with alex witt." billion dollars to help those affected and to cover cleanup costs. today, the beaches and gulf are open, and many areas are reporting their best tourism seasons in years. and bp's also committed to america. we support nearly 250,000 jobs and invest more here than anywhere else. we're working to fuel america for generations to come. our commitment has never been stronger. >>> want to give you a look at truckee, california. we have been talking about the weather there. the third in a series of storms. it's now starting to snow adding insult to injury. it is a mess. we'll get the details from miguel almaguer. we'll take you to some bad weather areas there shortly. >>> in the meantime, fast food workers in the big apple have demands and they are organizing. an estimated 200 workers went on strike thursday. the now asking for a $15 wage and the right no unionize. joining me now is josh idolson who is covering this story for salon.com. who organized the strike? >> the main group is called n
we'll take a look here on "weekends with alex witt." billion dollars to help those affected and to cover cleanup costs. today, the beaches and gulf are open, and many areas are reporting their best tourism seasons in years. and bp's also committed to america. we support nearly 250,000 jobs and invest more here than anywhere else. we're working to fuel america for generations to come. our commitment has never been stronger. >>> want to give you a look at truckee, california....
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>>> good morning, welcome to "weekends with alex witt." what is happening out there. ten days and counting. president obama and house speaker boehner left washington without reaching a deal on the fiscal cliff. before heading to hawaii, president obama said he met individually with leaders of the house and senate, asking them to work toward a package that prevents a tax hike on middle class americans. >> this is something within our capacity to solve. it doesn't take that much work. we just have to do the right thing. so call me a hopeless optimist, but i still think we can get it done. >> earlier in the day, speaker boehner held a news conference. a vote on his so-called plan "b" was scrapped thursday night when it became clear it did not have enough support among house republicans to secure passage. >> a situation where because of the political divide in the country, because of the divide here in washington, trying to bridge these differences has been difficult. if it were easy, i'll guarantee you this would have been done decades before. >> joining me now, congress
>>> good morning, welcome to "weekends with alex witt." what is happening out there. ten days and counting. president obama and house speaker boehner left washington without reaching a deal on the fiscal cliff. before heading to hawaii, president obama said he met individually with leaders of the house and senate, asking them to work toward a package that prevents a tax hike on middle class americans. >> this is something within our capacity to solve. it doesn't take...
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until then find us at facebook.com/"now with alex." andrea mitchell reports is coming up next. no, it's worse -- look, our taxes are about to go up. not the taxes on our dividends though, right? that's a big part of our retirement. oh, no, it's dividends, too. the rate on our dividends would more than double. but we depend on our dividends to help pay our bills. we worked hard to save. well, the president and congress have got to work together to stop this dividend tax hike. before it's too late. ♪ you make me happy [ female announcer ] choose the same brand your mom trusted for you. children's tylenol, the #1 brand of pain and fever relief recommended by pediatricians and used by moms decade after decade. >>> right now on andrea mitch 'em reports.
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alex on in terms of when i travel in central asia for instance their model is done to us their model is western europe there's absolutely no question about that well when you consider the way they live in. which is one of the most absurd in the murderous dictator story region in the world but nobody says anything about those because then in the west because they are aligned with the u.s. all are specially the u.s. wants to have a beachhead in the back is done in terms of controlling central asia oil and gas resources and that's another story as well we should talk about resources if we don't change this model which is the french. you know it's waste it's a waste model basically. fossil fuels this thing is going to explode with the middle class middle class and inside the capital the western capitalist system within the next few years is not even decades. in fact when we have this what's happening in greece spain. portugal when this single hits the norse in european countries any it will inevitably maybe north german maybe not germany because germany has a very sound economy they have
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can you follow alsxex now at facebook.com/now with alex. andrea mitchell reports next with chris sitting in for andrea, and will he have the president's live remarks on the fiscal cliff. good afternoon to you, chris. >> hello, joy. thank you very much. coming up, are we close to a deal? president obama will speak in about 30 minutes. we'll have it live. also joining us delaware senator chris kuhns, jack kingston and maryland democratic congressman elijah cummings talking about the cliff and the deal, maybe. we're also live at new york's presbyterian hospital with the latest on secretary of state hillary clinton's condition. andrea mitchell reports is next. we can afford to take an extra trip this year. first boston... then san francisco. hotwire checks the competitions' rates every day so they can guarantee their low prices. so our hotels were half price. ♪ h-o-t-w-i-r-e... ♪ hotwire.com
can you follow alsxex now at facebook.com/now with alex. andrea mitchell reports next with chris sitting in for andrea, and will he have the president's live remarks on the fiscal cliff. good afternoon to you, chris. >> hello, joy. thank you very much. coming up, are we close to a deal? president obama will speak in about 30 minutes. we'll have it live. also joining us delaware senator chris kuhns, jack kingston and maryland democratic congressman elijah cummings talking about the cliff...
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along the way in the 22 previous years, we got a lot of things done. it wasn't a straight line. sometimes you'd have times of worses. ship, sometimes less. but i have been parts of major steps forward on environmental protection, national security, civil rights, human rights, education reform. and every one of those things was bipartisan, particularly in the senate. you can't get anything done on a partisan basis in the senate because you need 60 votes to break a filibuster. it can and must get better but right new it's at the bottom. it's at the pits, really, and i don't blame people in the country of being angry. >> woodruff: you were asked by the "new york times" to name the three senators you felt closest to in the senate it was three republicans that you named. >> yeah. >> woodruff: i was to ask you, there's a lot of conversation right now about what does the republican party need to do after the terrible losses it suffered in the polls this year? >> right. >> woodruff: do you have a thought about that? >> well, they need to come back to where the public is. frankly, they l
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alex perez, abc news, chicago. >> and be sure to watch "nightline" tonight. the story of a man who was shot four times during the virginia tech massacre and survived. and tonight, he will take you inside the world of gun shows. >>> and we have a developing story we're also watching in the northeast tonight. part of a huge freeway was shut down today because of a fiery crash that led to a massive pileup. this was the chaotic scene on long island, new york, today. the expressway cluttered with ambulances. two dozen cars strewn about. it's believed the crash was caused by a tractor trailer striking other vehicles, which burst into flames. one person has died. 18 others were taken to the hospital to be treated. >>> and coming up here, a rope made of bed sheets. two inmates use them to break out of prison, from 17 stories high. how did they do it? [ male announcer ] introducing centrum flavor burst adult multivitamins... a delicious new way to get essential vitamins you need. just bite into the tasty shell... to a chewy vitamin core for a unique multivitamin sensa
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welcome back to weekends with alex witt. new questions concerning the tragic turn in the royal radio hoax. anabell roberts live in london. good morning, anabell. what's the latest? >> reporter: well, alex, good morning to you. the latest is from australia where the boss of the radio station where the two deejays worked says they have been taken off air until further notice, their twitter accounts have been shut down. he also says they are completely shattered by this event and it was a tragedy nobody could really have reasonably foreseen. also separately the station decided to drop all advertising for the time being. seems to be some kind of pre-emptive move, they are pulling out because of the affair. >> they said nothing illegal was done here, right? not like they are going to face some sort of prosecution, these two presenters. >> i think that is not really entirely clear. the media in australia has also given and interview saying it's not entirely clear whether laws have been broken, regarding, for example, whether someo
welcome back to weekends with alex witt. new questions concerning the tragic turn in the royal radio hoax. anabell roberts live in london. good morning, anabell. what's the latest? >> reporter: well, alex, good morning to you. the latest is from australia where the boss of the radio station where the two deejays worked says they have been taken off air until further notice, their twitter accounts have been shut down. he also says they are completely shattered by this event and it was a...
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just win. >>> it took alex smith 25 starts to win the nfc player of the week award. colin kaepernick, just five. peyton manning is the only other quarterback in league history to throw four touchdown passes at gillette stadium. >>> david shaw took over the stanford head coaching job for jim harbaugh two years ago. today he signs a long-term deal with the school. now, terms of the extension were not announced. but shaw hinted he's here to stay. >> it goes for a while. this is good. put it this way, i wanna be coaching here until my kids graduate from here, and i have a two-year-old. >>> and no. 4, chandler, he had three alley- oop dunks tonight get the nets. >>> when you pass to a teammate, make sure he's looking. >>> college in minnesota, the latest group of papers to put up a viral trick-shot video, that was not editing. the king of the european league. lookie there. he scored 100 goals in three years. that is why he is the best striker in soccer. we'll be right back. ,,,,,, hey, look! a shooting star! make a wish! i wish we could lie here forever. i wish this test
just win. >>> it took alex smith 25 starts to win the nfc player of the week award. colin kaepernick, just five. peyton manning is the only other quarterback in league history to throw four touchdown passes at gillette stadium. >>> david shaw took over the stanford head coaching job for jim harbaugh two years ago. today he signs a long-term deal with the school. now, terms of the extension were not announced. but shaw hinted he's here to stay. >> it goes for a while....
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alex stewart a republican stat gist and here in studio my favorite juan, juan williams a fox news contributor. aren't the consequences of going off the fiscal cliff all that's miss something vegan lunches. you must be giddy about going over the cliff. not me i don't want to go over the cliff. i think, you know what? i have investments. i work for a living. guess what? it would be absolutely traumatic for the global economy and recession not in the midst of a strong recovery. it's pretty weak. i don't think it's good news for anybody. this is something that the press doesn't pay attention to, greg. i think if obama to start a second term with everybody saying oh my gosh the ski is falling and the economy is going to hell. consumer confidence thinking that's nod goodous for democrats. how why think it's good news for democrats? >> you just sounded like a republican. >> stop, get out of here. the fiscal cliff is defense cuts and high taxes welcome to the republican party. >> rational people say that's not a good thing to do. i would hope that robert and sober behavior before new year's eve would
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i'm alex witt. it is a day of questions and fresh insight about the sandy hook elementary school shooting. there is information about the gunman, how he entered the school and killed 20 children and six adults before he killed himself. >> we have established the point of entry. it's believed he was not voluntarily let into the school at all. that he forced his way into the school. but that's as far as we can go on that. >> in a moment, chris janzen in connecticut with more on that news conference. first compelling new information about the shooter and what he did in the days before the attack. nbc's pete williams is in washington. pete with a good day, what have you learned? >> reporter: alex, the connecticut authorities have not yet formally identified the gunman, but we're been told and i think it's widely known it's adam lanza is his name, 20 years old who was living with his mother. they say the shooting actually began that morning about three miles from the school at the home where he was livin
i'm alex witt. it is a day of questions and fresh insight about the sandy hook elementary school shooting. there is information about the gunman, how he entered the school and killed 20 children and six adults before he killed himself. >> we have established the point of entry. it's believed he was not voluntarily let into the school at all. that he forced his way into the school. but that's as far as we can go on that. >> in a moment, chris janzen in connecticut with more on that...
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alex and in terms of when i travel in central asia for instance their model is not the west their model is western europe there's absolutely no question about that in the the way. it's a waste model basically being used to own a fossil fuels this thing is going to explode with the middle class of our adult middle class and inside the capital the western capitalist system within the next few years is not even decades in fact when we have this what's happening in greece spain parts of italy. portugal when this sink hits the norse in european countries any it will inevitably maybe not german maybe not germany because germany has a very sound economy they have their export model they're doing a strategic alliances with russia in terms of oil and gas as well they are sustainable but the rest of europe with the exception of germany and scandinavia is not then we going to have sort of the occupy wall street movement inside western europe as well and this is going to happen within the next few years our economy because the model itself is unsustainable right gentlemen to jump in here we're goin
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getting ready for new years eve there. >>> time now 6:22. trying to keep the national hockey league season from going off a cliff. happening today to try to save what is left of the pro hockey season. >>> it's 6:25. the national hockey league and nhl players union is back at work trying to save what is left of the hockey season. more than half the season has been lost but they are scheduled to meet in new york again today after a face to face session yesterday. those talks did not include owners or players. sources say the league is hoping for a settlement that would allow a 48 game season. starting in mid january. >>> 6:25. some people say now is the time to buy. starting tomorrow, california sales tax go up one quarter percent all over the state. the new high comes from voter approved prop 30. the sales tax will go up to 7.5%. which translates to about an $86 difference on a big purchase like a honda accord. now that may be small in comparison, but some shoppers figure they will save a few extra dollars while they can. >> with the tax hike
getting ready for new years eve there. >>> time now 6:22. trying to keep the national hockey league season from going off a cliff. happening today to try to save what is left of the pro hockey season. >>> it's 6:25. the national hockey league and nhl players union is back at work trying to save what is left of the hockey season. more than half the season has been lost but they are scheduled to meet in new york again today after a face to face session yesterday. those talks did...
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"now" with alex wagner, and we will say merry cliff-mas. >> i'm say merry christmas and merry cliff-mas. >> every second counts, thomas. every second counts. merry cliff-mas to you, my friend. >> thank you. >> are we any closer to a merry cliff-mas, or is a republican caucus packing a stocking full of coal? the house gets set to vote on plan b, speaker john boehner struggles to shimy down the chimney with a deal. we'll have a discussion with luke russert, megan mccartel and -- plus, who better than joe? we will tell you how the vice president's past could be a guide to comprehensive gun reform. former assistant secretary of state p.j. crowley will weigh in on the new benghazi report and what it pourtends for john kerry. all that when "now" starts in a mere 180 seconds. tends to stay at rest... while a body in motion tends to stay in motion. staying active can actually ease arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis, staying active can be difficult. prescription celebrex can help relieve arthritis pain so your body can stay in motion. because just one 200mg celebrex a day can provide
"now" with alex wagner, and we will say merry cliff-mas. >> i'm say merry christmas and merry cliff-mas. >> every second counts, thomas. every second counts. merry cliff-mas to you, my friend. >> thank you. >> are we any closer to a merry cliff-mas, or is a republican caucus packing a stocking full of coal? the house gets set to vote on plan b, speaker john boehner struggles to shimy down the chimney with a deal. we'll have a discussion with luke russert, megan...
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islamic cleric rallied as the friday prayers ended outside the main mosque in the second largest city of alex sand dryia. almost on cue, the violence began. and younger members of the opposition began hurling rocks from behind the line of riot police. soon, the scene devended in scrum of rock throwers, tear gas and baton yielding riot police trying to keep the ide separated. opposition leaders said it's preview of the violence the come if mohammed morsi gets his way at the ballot box. tomorrow, the second half of egypt votes on a draft constitution that critics say begins the process of turning the arab world populist country in an islamic state. at the halfway point, those in favor of the move lead the vote by a double digit margin. saturday includes voters in mostly southern egyptian provinces, typically poorer and experts say likely to favor the islamist by wider margin. the latest round of violence began last month when morsi gave himself almost king like powers bridging thousands of people to the street in protest and forcing the army to ring the presidential residents with tanks. the sp
islamic cleric rallied as the friday prayers ended outside the main mosque in the second largest city of alex sand dryia. almost on cue, the violence began. and younger members of the opposition began hurling rocks from behind the line of riot police. soon, the scene devended in scrum of rock throwers, tear gas and baton yielding riot police trying to keep the ide separated. opposition leaders said it's preview of the violence the come if mohammed morsi gets his way at the ballot box. tomorrow,...
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you can look at europe and see what happens if we continue down this path very much longer. >> alex rid man bill clinton's budget director put the bulk of the spending problems on the promises to medicare medicaid and lesser extent social security. >> they will drive federal spending occupy faster nan our economy can grow. revenues won't keep up. we have a problem. if you don't have enough revenues to pay for the spending you have to borrow. on the track that we are on if we go on doing what is in the law over the next several decades, our public debt will rise fast you are than our economy will grow. when that happens you have real problem. you have to pay interest on that debt and creditors see that your debt is rising faster than your economy is growing so they charge more and more. it is a very bad situation. >> arthur brooks with the american enterprise institute finds sur rent debates about higher taxes misguided with federal spending on over drive. >> it is as simple as a family that does that. the problem is right now you have a situation in which the government in it's over spe
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out west, welcome to "weekends with alex witt." here are some of the first five stories trending at this hour. new prospects of cliff diving into the new year. trying to get back to normal for sandy hook students. the nra won't back down on its gun stance. the royal couple missing christmas with the queen. santa tracker gets competition. details on all those stories throughout the hour. but first -- new today, after refusing to let anyone ask him anything during a public statement friday, the ceo of nra is facing challenging questions today. this is from "meet the press." >> there is no new gun regulation -- >> this is what would work. >> if every -- >> i'm asking you a direct question. is there any new gun regulation you'd be willing to support? >> i'm giving you the answer. >> you're saying you should prosecute more criminals. >> i'm asking you if there's a new gun regulation after the debates of the '90s and so forth today, could we make the assault weapons ban better, any more effective? >> you want one more law on top of 20,00
out west, welcome to "weekends with alex witt." here are some of the first five stories trending at this hour. new prospects of cliff diving into the new year. trying to get back to normal for sandy hook students. the nra won't back down on its gun stance. the royal couple missing christmas with the queen. santa tracker gets competition. details on all those stories throughout the hour. but first -- new today, after refusing to let anyone ask him anything during a public statement...
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until then, you can find alex on facebook.com/now with alex. andrea mitchell reports is next. good afternoon, andrea. >> good afternoon, joy. great to see you there. thanks so much. coming up here, the country wants a compromise and do the clintons have their eye on the white house again in 2016? a lot of politics. plus, america seems to hope that the clintons do take that plunge. we'll have our new northbound news-wall street journal poll coming up. also, the international consensus is growing that syria's president's days are numbered. russia now joining in. could stronger laws have prevented that gun violence in oregon? we'll talk to brady campaign president dan gross. andrea mitchell reports is next right here. gives you 1% cash back on all purchases, plus a 50% annual bonus. and everyone...but her likes 50% more cash. but i'm upping my game. do you want a candy cane? yes! do you want the puppy? yes! do you want a tricycle? yes! do you want 50 percent more cash? no! ♪ festive. [ male announcer ] the capital one cash rewards card gives you 1% cash back on every purchase p
until then, you can find alex on facebook.com/now with alex. andrea mitchell reports is next. good afternoon, andrea. >> good afternoon, joy. great to see you there. thanks so much. coming up here, the country wants a compromise and do the clintons have their eye on the white house again in 2016? a lot of politics. plus, america seems to hope that the clintons do take that plunge. we'll have our new northbound news-wall street journal poll coming up. also, the international consensus is...
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now with alex wagner comes your way with more as we cover this national tragedy. alex. >> hey, thomas. we are following developments surrounding the tragedy in newtown. we will check in with our correspondents for the latest from the community and discuss the national implications with governor ed rendell, howard wolfson, joey reid. plus, congressman john larson discusses his time yesterday with president obama and the white house's new window for reform. we will also examine the role mental health plays in mass shootings with virginia tech survivor and braid way campaign assistant director collin goddard. as the nation comes together over the tragedy in sandy hook, how does it affect deal-making on capitol hill? we'll get an update on the fiscal cliff. all that when "now" starts after the break. [ male announcer ] this is bob, a regular guy with an irregular heartbeat. the usual, bob? not today. [ male announcer ] bob has afib: atrial fibrillation not caused by a heart valve problem, a condition that puts him at greater risk for a stroke. [ gps ] turn left. i don
now with alex wagner comes your way with more as we cover this national tragedy. alex. >> hey, thomas. we are following developments surrounding the tragedy in newtown. we will check in with our correspondents for the latest from the community and discuss the national implications with governor ed rendell, howard wolfson, joey reid. plus, congressman john larson discusses his time yesterday with president obama and the white house's new window for reform. we will also examine the role...
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witt team. >> happy holidays from "up with chris hays." >> happy holidays from "nerdland." >> merry christmas. happy holidays. >> happy holidays from msnbc. ♪ >> happy holidays. merry christmas. happy holidays. >> happy holidays from the p.a.s. >> from all of us at msnbc, merry christmas and happy holidays. >> merry christmas. happy holidays. >> merry christmas. happy holidays, everybody. ♪ >> hello, team. what a wonderful 2012. i'm looking forward to a fantastic 2013. happy new year.
witt team. >> happy holidays from "up with chris hays." >> happy holidays from "nerdland." >> merry christmas. happy holidays. >> happy holidays from msnbc. ♪ >> happy holidays. merry christmas. happy holidays. >> happy holidays from the p.a.s. >> from all of us at msnbc, merry christmas and happy holidays. >> merry christmas. happy holidays. >> merry christmas. happy holidays, everybody. ♪ >> hello, team. what...
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personnel on the ground in benghazi performed with courage and willingness to risk their own lives to protect their colleagues in an impossible situation. josh? >> certainly important note to make. martha, thank you for that. >>> some disturbing, new details about one of two florida brothers charged with plotting a terror attack here at home. authorities say 20-year-old raese qazi of ft. lauderdale, described as a lone wolf terrorist. inspired by al qaeda. he traveled to new york last month to scope out times square, wall street, broadway theaters, among other venues. and was able to escape fbi surveillance during his trip. investigators say he intended to carry out an attack with a bomb but ran out of money. >>> we're just getting word right now that robert brock has died. a legal scholar general brock was nominated to the supreme court by president reagan in 1987 but was rejected. he died from complications of heart disease. he was 85 years old. >>> another big bank is in big trouble today. ubs has agreed to pay a $1.5 billion fine for manipulating a key global interest rate. the ne
personnel on the ground in benghazi performed with courage and willingness to risk their own lives to protect their colleagues in an impossible situation. josh? >> certainly important note to make. martha, thank you for that. >>> some disturbing, new details about one of two florida brothers charged with plotting a terror attack here at home. authorities say 20-year-old raese qazi of ft. lauderdale, described as a lone wolf terrorist. inspired by al qaeda. he traveled to new york...
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i will try my best. >> as much of the world celebrate new year's eve, alex burton is celebrating his birthday. his office of member wish to united manager the best. >> happy birthday. congratulations. happy new year to him and his family. >> now to a good comeback story -- sweden [indiscernible] 1 hydro when a torn achilles' tendon ruin her chance for the olympics. then came the 2005 world athletic championships in helsinki. she made it back from injury and became the world champion. >> my greatest moment on sports and i would say my life was winning the world championship. getting a gold medal was fantastic and the preparation before i tore my achilles' tendon a few weeks before the olympics was my big bill. i don't believe this to start off with leader but i learned how to walk again and eventually i managed to come back. getting a little mental break as well. it was by far the greatest. >> i remember the competition itself. were you always confident? did the fortunes rise and fall? >> i was really nervous because i felt like this was my chance to win a "bridge into a gold medal. d
i will try my best. >> as much of the world celebrate new year's eve, alex burton is celebrating his birthday. his office of member wish to united manager the best. >> happy birthday. congratulations. happy new year to him and his family. >> now to a good comeback story -- sweden [indiscernible] 1 hydro when a torn achilles' tendon ruin her chance for the olympics. then came the 2005 world athletic championships in helsinki. she made it back from injury and became the world...
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department official is expected to face some pretty tough questions on capitol hill today about the benghazi attack. secretary of state hillary clinton had been set to testify at that hearing. but she is still recovering from a concussion. a deputy will testify instead. now, four top staffers, meanwhile, they have been relieved of their duties in the aftermath of a report that detailed many management mistakes within the state department. >>> also, former federal judge, yale professor and conservative icon, robert bork, has passed away. he found himself in the center of a bruising battle when ronald reagan nominated him to the supreme court in 1987. he was rejected, pummeled in confirmation hearings, by senator ted kennedy and other democrats. he was 85 years old. >>> "zero dark thirty" is now facing criticism from a pretty powerful group of lawmakers. senator john mccain, dianne feinstein and carl levin are calling the film misleading and grossly inaccurate. in a letter to sony pictures, they were especially bothered by the suggestion that torture produced the tip that led to the military c
department official is expected to face some pretty tough questions on capitol hill today about the benghazi attack. secretary of state hillary clinton had been set to testify at that hearing. but she is still recovering from a concussion. a deputy will testify instead. now, four top staffers, meanwhile, they have been relieved of their duties in the aftermath of a report that detailed many management mistakes within the state department. >>> also, former federal judge, yale professor...
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and alex, too. >> what about me? >> and alex. >> i said you too, alex. president obama has all the leverage because he knows if it goes over the fiscal cliff, tax cuts expires and he'll never let the top 2% get that tax cut reinstated. if they do what you suggested, vote the tax cut, continue it for the 98%, then the leverage switches to them come the time of the debt limit. they might be able to make a deal where they save some of it so it doesn't go up to 39%. maybe goes up to 37.5%. maybe they do the buffett rule and only raise rates on people making $500,000. they have a little room to leverage but right now they have zero leverage, zero. >> do you agree with that? i don't know if i agree with that. it's hard once the rates go back to 39.6 or whatever they go to, to go back and say, now we to want cut taxes for the rich. what's the reason to do it? the republican party says we have to stop the government, stop paying our debts, don't pay our bills anymore because we have to help out the rich now. that would be the worst situation to be in. >> as the
and alex, too. >> what about me? >> and alex. >> i said you too, alex. president obama has all the leverage because he knows if it goes over the fiscal cliff, tax cuts expires and he'll never let the top 2% get that tax cut reinstated. if they do what you suggested, vote the tax cut, continue it for the 98%, then the leverage switches to them come the time of the debt limit. they might be able to make a deal where they save some of it so it doesn't go up to 39%. maybe goes up...
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live this morning in san francisco alex savidge ktvu channel 2 news. >>> it is 5:03. firefighters continue to look for answers in an apartment fire that killed a couple and their young granddaughter. the fire started saturday night just after 11:00 at a two story apartment building on bridge port court. 56-year-old bomaro his wife and their four-year-old granddaughter kira died in the fire. more than 50 other people were displaced and now being helped by the red cross. janine de la vega will have a live report coming up at 5:30. >>> time is 5:03. just about 16 hours from right now the u.s. economy will go over the fiscal cliff unless congress and the white house can work out a last minute deal. if there is no new budget deal by midnight tonight east coast time income tax rates will go up for all americans. coming up at 5:15 the two men leading the last minute negotiations. >>> the chp is trying to figure out what led up to a crash that killed a motorcycle rider in concord last night. it happened just before 6:30 on kicker pass road. the chp says no other cars were inv
live this morning in san francisco alex savidge ktvu channel 2 news. >>> it is 5:03. firefighters continue to look for answers in an apartment fire that killed a couple and their young granddaughter. the fire started saturday night just after 11:00 at a two story apartment building on bridge port court. 56-year-old bomaro his wife and their four-year-old granddaughter kira died in the fire. more than 50 other people were displaced and now being helped by the red cross. janine de la...
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this country is saturated with -- we've seen -- 310 million guns. thank you, alex. we've seen with auto safety, for example, that you can diminish the fatalities by one-third, with tobacco. i think public safety becomes a critical framework. >> you know, take it away. from your perspective as a former police chief, i mean, you know about public safety. this is an area where the president, i think, has a lot of agreement with police officers at the local and state level. >> i mean, public safety, keeping our communities safe, our neighborhoods safe, our schools safe, our families safe really has to be the number one concern. as a mother of three sons, as a 27-year law enforcement officer, i have seen the consequences of having assault type weapons, military style weapons on the streets. i have seen the consequences of guns being in the hands of illegal or habitual felons and mentally ill people. one of my initiatives as the police chief was to get illegal guns off of our streets, out of the hands of criminals, and out of the hands of mentally ill people. by doing tha
this country is saturated with -- we've seen -- 310 million guns. thank you, alex. we've seen with auto safety, for example, that you can diminish the fatalities by one-third, with tobacco. i think public safety becomes a critical framework. >> you know, take it away. from your perspective as a former police chief, i mean, you know about public safety. this is an area where the president, i think, has a lot of agreement with police officers at the local and state level. >> i mean,...
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they are fifth graders at public school 22 in staten island, new york. you've probably heard of them before. >> they're great. there are videos on youtube getting tens of millions of views and the latest offering is a moving rendition of the sandy hook elementary school song. take a listen. ♪ as many this school will forever ♪ ♪ andy hook has a history >> that is something. >> hearing those little voices again. seeing scenes like that, seeing how "saturday night live" opened their show this last weekend, there's something nice about being reminded of the innocence of kids in light of what was taken from kids in newtown this week. so nice to see that. well done, kids. we'll be back right after this. ♪ three cheers for the green and the white ♪ ♪ the sandy hook school will forever ♪ ♪ ♪ it's so important to make someone happy ♪ when you give a child a toy, it has to work. ♪ make just one someone happy and when it's a toys for tots child, well, what could be more important? so this year, every hasbro toy donated to toys for tots will b
they are fifth graders at public school 22 in staten island, new york. you've probably heard of them before. >> they're great. there are videos on youtube getting tens of millions of views and the latest offering is a moving rendition of the sandy hook elementary school song. take a listen. ♪ as many this school will forever ♪ ♪ andy hook has a history >> that is something. >> hearing those little voices again. seeing scenes like that, seeing how "saturday night...
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plus, republican obstacles to reduce violence with jonathan and alex wagner. and dr. gail saultz on the role mental health professionals need to play to reduce the violence. >> no single law, no set of laws can can eliminate evil from the world or prevent every senseless ablt of violence in our society. but that can't be an excuse for an action. >> good to have you with us tonight. folks, thanks for watching. almost 24 hours ago, president obama called for a change in this country. now it's up to all of us to make sure changes come to pass. the community of newtown connecticut is still deeply mourning the lives of 26 people, 20 of them children. the president struck an almost impossible balance of heartfelt emotion and out ragrage. the weight of the moment. no american can relive the horror of this. >> we can't tolerate this anymore. these tragedies must end. and to end them, we must change. we will be told that the causes of such violence are complex and that is true. no single law, no set of laws can eliminate evil from the world or prevent every senseless act of vi
plus, republican obstacles to reduce violence with jonathan and alex wagner. and dr. gail saultz on the role mental health professionals need to play to reduce the violence. >> no single law, no set of laws can can eliminate evil from the world or prevent every senseless ablt of violence in our society. but that can't be an excuse for an action. >> good to have you with us tonight. folks, thanks for watching. almost 24 hours ago, president obama called for a change in this country....